State News

Kiah Stokes heads all-district team

Kiah Stokes heads the Class 4A Northeast District team released Friday by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

Stokes in one of eight Metro preps on the 10-member team. Linn-Mar teammate Jenna Eells also is on the team.

Xavier also has two players on the team, Alex Saxen and Krissi Tow. The others are Washington's Tia Dawson, Kennedy's Courtney Strait, Jefferson's Taylor Jacobson and Prairie's Madison Dellamuth.  Waterloo West's Jordan Johnston and Jadyn Spencer round out the team.

CLASS 4A ALL-DISTRICT TEAMS

Southeast
Virginia Johnson            Iowa City High              
Ally Disterhoft                 Iowa City West       
Megan Hayes                 Bettendorf                 
Stacy Clark                     Pleasant Valley           
Mckenzie Piper               Iowa City West            
Payton Strawser             Pleasant Valley            
Leticia Lerma                  Muscatine                    
Khanisha Williams          Burlington                     
Antonea Stuckey            Davenport North    
Coach of the Year:  BJ Mayer, Iowa City West      

West
Laura Brewer   Waukee
Jadda Buckley   Mason City
Brittni Donaldson  SC North
Rachel Evans   Fort Dodge
Jordan Gillenwater  CB Abraham Lincoln
Megan Goodson  Waukee
Summer Gordon  SC North
Maggie McClelland  Valley
Kyley Simmons  CB Lewis Central
Mady VanMetre  Ames
Coach of the Year:  Chris Guess, Waukee

Central
Markisha Wright  Des Moines East
Shronda Butts   Des Moines East
Maddie Manning  Ankeny
Haley Faber   Dowling Catholic
Lizzy Stachon   Dowling Catholic
Nijay Gaines   Des Moines East
Emily Parker   Johnston
Whitney Van Wyk  Southeast Polk
Caitlin Ingle   Southeast Polk
Kelsey Nickerson  Ottumwa
Coach of the Year:  Todd Borrison, Southeast Polk

Northeast
Kiah Stokes   Linn Mar
Jordan Johnston  West Waterloo
Courtney Strait  CR Kennedy
Tia Dawson   CR Washington
Jadyn Spencer   West Waterloo
Jenna Eells   Linn Mar
Alex Saxen   CR Xavier
Taylor Jacobson  CR Jefferson
Madison Dellamuth  CR Prairie
Krissi Tow   CR Xavier
Coach of the Year:  Tony Pappas, West Waterloo

CLASS 3A ALL-DISTRICT TEAMS

West
KJ Veldman    Spirit Lake
Cassidy Breon    SB-L
Morgan Lucy    Glenwood
Lindsey Schulz   Carroll
Brittnie Freml    Denison
Jacie White    Harlan
Betsy Thomas    SB-L
Alexis Conaway   MOC-FV
Madison Yohe   Bishop Heelan
Becca DeHaan   MOC-FV
Coach of the Year: Mark Gunderson - MOC

North Central
Laura TerHark    Algona
Abby Lasher    Charles City
Liz Moerer    Waverly-Shell Rock
Aftin Phyfe    Waverly-Shell Rock
Taryn Barz    Hampton-Dumont
Taylor Greenfield   Ballard
Sammy Jensen   Ballard
Madison Baier   South Tama
Lexa Janes    Iowa Falls-Alden
Jamie Peterson  Iowa Falls-Alden
Coach of the Year: Merle Olberding - Ballard

South Central
Ashton Yossi    Dallas Center Grimes
Makenzie Vander Molen  Pella
Kelsey Fynhardt   Pella
Hali Van Velzen   Norwalk
Megan Schmidt   Grinnell
Olivia Starcevich   Centerville
Alex Abens    Knoxville
Whitney Epp    Carlisle
Kenzie Gott    Oskaloosa
Taylor Benshoof  Winterset
Coach of the Year: Mike Levenhagen, Dallas Center-Grimes

Northeast
Claire Till     Dubuque Wahlert
Mullen Wacker    Waukon
Taylor Dicus    Mount Vernon
Amanda Platte    Mount Vernon
Moran Lonning    Decorah
Kelsey Dirks    Solon
Lauren Buck    Anamosa
Dani Herdliska    Solon
Liz Skotowski    Mount Vernon
Olivia Kriener   Crestwood
Coach of the Year: Bobby Kintzel - Mount Vernon

Southeast
Jen Keitel     Dewitt Central
Lindsey Smith    Dewitt Central
Sydney Greiner   Washington
MacKenzie Bigbee   Williamsburg
Taylor Shull    Mt. Pleasant
Madison Weekly   Benton Community
Melissa Yongblut   Davenport Assumption
Shelsey Stanley    Keokuk
Paige Greiner    Williamsburg
Erin Uhlmeyer   Keokuk
Coach of the Year:  Aaron Fedderson-Williamsburg

Robin Becker headed to IGHSAU Hall of Fame

Cedar Rapids Jefferson’s Robin Becker, Mary Berdo of Washington and Ankeny standout Nicky Wieben will be inducted into the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union’s Basketball Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place at halftime of the Class 1A championship game Friday, March 4.
 
Robin Becker-Pington was a standout at Benton Community and Cedar Rapids Jefferson from 1983-to-1986. She was a two-time Mississippi Valley Conference selection. She went on to St. Ambrose and became a three-time NAIA All-American. She is still school’s career leader in points, rebounds and scoring average. She has  gone on to enjoy success in the coaching ranks, serving as head coach at her alma mater for seven seasons before landing at Illinois State, where she led the Redbirds to two NCAA Tournament appearances. She is currently in her first season as the head coach at Missouri.
 
Mary Berdo was one of Iowa’s best prep shooters for Washington High School from 1993-to-1996, guiding the Demons to a pair of state tournament appearances.  She was the first Iowa prep to score 2,000 career points in the five-player era,. She ended her career with 2,026 career points and was the state’s career leader in assists (745), a figure that still ranks second on the IGHSAU’s all-time list.
 
She played collegiate basketball at the University of Iowa. As a senior, she averaged 8.1 points with 44 three-points off the bench to help the Hawkeyes win the Big Ten Tournament and advance to the second round of the 2001 NCAA Tournament. She currently works for the NCAA and helps run tournaments in Division I volleyball, field hockey, tennis and wrestling.
 
Nicky Wieben was a four-year starter for Ankeny’s standout basketball team that won an unprecedented four-straight Class 4A championships from 2002 to 2005. During her four-year career, the Hawkeyettes were 95-11, and 53-1 her junior and senior seasons. Nicky was a four-time all-tournament team selection, earning all-tournament captain honors twice, and was twice named Iowa’s Gatorade Player of the Year.  She went on to have an exceptional career at Iowa State, helping the Cyclones reach the NCAA three times, including an Elite Eight appearance in 2009. She finished her career as Iowa State’s career leader in blocks.

Class 1A State Bowling

CLASS 1A STATE BOWLING TOURNAMENT

At Des Moines (Plaza Lanes)

Thursday, Feb. 24

Boys

Team totals

1. Western Dubuque 3209, 2. Red Oak 3179, 3. Mount Pleasant 3134, 4. Denison-Schleswig 3092, 5. Camanche 3089, 6. Waverly-Shell Rock 2922, 7. North Scott 2861, 8. Oelwein 2840, 9. Knoxville 2650, 10. Creston 2536.

Individuals

Taylor Mellott (Red Oak) 265-229-256--750      
Bryce Bartlett (Western Dubuque) 267-206-224--697      
Josh Gotto (Denison-Schleswig) 258-215-211--684      
Dylan Walters (Waverly-Shell Rock) 235-197-222--654      
Daniel Langholz (Denison-Schleswig) 238-207-191--636      
Brian Wade (Red Oak) 188-235-211--634      
DJ Silvestri (Oelwein) 203-243-172--618      
Austin Pruett (Camanche) 258-168-189--615      
Kevin Wesely (Mount Pleasant) 201-244-169--614      
Daniel Ruth (Mount Pleasant) 215-215-155--585      
Philip Keairnes (Denison-Schleswig) 231-192-147--570  

Girls

Team totals

1. Dubuque Wahlert 2914, 2. Newton 2698, 3. West Delaware 2659, 4. Keokuk 2650, 5. Creston 2561, 6. North Scott 2549, 7. Mount Pleasant 2548, 8. Red Oak 2506, 9. Le Mars 2433, 10. Waverly-Shell Rock 2322.

Individuals

Tara Trcka (C.R. Xavier) 236-190-248--674
Kristina Hochrein (Dubuque Wahlert) 232-202-237--671
Taylor Hance (Creston) 232-225-197--654
Tarah DeSotel (West Delaware) 180-234-194--608
Faith Shultz (Camanche) 196-202-175--573
Amanda Francy (Mount Pleasant) 180-212-181--573
Holly Klein (Dubuque Wahlert) 185-206-178--569
Hope Seyb (Keokuk) 204-195-154--553
Carolyn Corson (Waverly-Shell Rock) 227-167-158--552
Noella Van Brogen (Newton) 164-246-141--551

SCOREBOARD 2.24.11

Thursday, Feb. 24

Boys Basketball

Class 3A District Finals

Ballard 59, Grinnell 54
Benton, Van Horne 52, Oelwein 37
Carlisle 59, Centerville 57
Carroll 71, Storm Lake 52
Clear Lake 55, Iowa Falls-Alden 44
Dallas Center-Grimes 69, Nevada 37
LeMars 54, Harlan 52
MOC-Floyd Valley 67, Webster City 55
Marion 38, Mount Vernon 37
Mount Pleasant 60, Keokuk 37
Norwalk 38, A-D-M, Adel 34
Pella 68, Williamsburg 56
Solon 51, Assumption, Davenport 44
Wahlert, Dubuque 63, Central Clinton, DeWitt 40
Waverly-Shell Rock 55, Crestwood, Cresco 39
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City vs. Glenwood -- POSTPONED

Class 1A District Finals

Boyden-Hull 47, Central Lyon, Rock Rapids 40
Colo-Nesco 47, Coon Rapids-Bayard 32
Danville 64, Notre Dame, Burlington 32
Exira/EH-K 49, Boyer Valley, Dunlap 46
Grandview Park Baptist, Des Moines 64, Murray 62
Guthrie Center 50, Orient-Macksburg 39
Iowa Mennonite, Kalona 49, Don Bosco, Gilbertville 44
Keota 51, Sigourney 38
Lynnville-Sully 71, North Tama, Traer 56
Northeast Hamilton, Blairsburg 56, North Iowa, Buffalo Center 54
Northern University High 61, Newman Catholic, Mason City 48
Prince of Peace Prep, Clinton 57, Calamus-Wheatland 51
St. Mary, Storm Lake 65, Laurens-Marathon 48
Tripoli 50, Valley Community, Elgin 47
Woodbury Central, Moville 73, Remsen-Union 64
Riverside, Oakland vs. Fremont-Mills, Tabor @ Shenandoah -- POSTPONED

Friday, Feb. 25

Class 1A District Final

Riverside, Oakland vs. Fremont-Mills, Tabor @ Shenandoah

Class 2A Substate Final

Logan-Magnolia vs. Treynor @ Harlan Community

Class 3A District Final

Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City vs. Glenwood @ Denison

Class 4A Substate Semifinals

Cedar Rapids Xavier @ Linn-Mar
Dubuque Hempstead @ Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Western Dubuque @ Cedar Rapids Jefferson
Cedar Rapids Washington @ Dubuque Senior
Des Moines Lincoln @ Ankeny
Waterloo West @ Cedar Falls
Muscatine @ Davenport West
Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines @ Des Moines Hoover
Davenport Central @ Iowa City West
Southeast Polk @ Johnston
Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln @ Lewis Central
Pleasant Valley @ North Scott Eldridge
Sioux City North @ Sioux City East
Des Moines Roosevelt @ Urbandale
Marshalltown @ Valley, West Des Moines
Fort Dodge @ Waukee

Saturday, Feb. 26

Class 1A Substate Finals

St. Mary, Storm Lake vs. Northeast Hamilton, Blairsburg @ Algona
Exira/EH-K @
Danville vs. Keota @ Fairfield
Woodbury Central, Moville vs. Boyden-Hull @ LeMars Community
Iowa Mennonite, Kalona vs. Prince of Peace Prep, Clinton @ Marion
Lynnville-Sully vs. Colo-Nesco @ Marshalltown
Grandview Park Baptist, Des Moines vs. Guthrie Center @ Southwestern Community College (Creston)
Northern University High vs. Tripoli @ Waverly-Shell Rock

Class 2A Substate Finals

West Fork, Sheffield vs. Dike-New Hartford @ Cedar Falls High School
Beckman, Dyersville vs. Cascade, Western Dubuque @ Dubuque, Hempstead
Emmetsburg vs. St. Edmond, Fort Dodge @ Fort Dodge Senior
Pella Christian vs. Panorama, Panora @ Indianola
PCM, Monroe vs. West Marshall, State Center @ Marshalltown
Sioux Center vs. Western Christian, Hull @ MOC-Floyd Valley
North Cedar, Stanwood vs. Regina, Iowa City @ Washington

CLASS 1A STATE BOWLING TOURNAMENT

At Des Moines (Plaza Lanes)

Thursday, Feb. 24

Boys

Team totals

1. Western Dubuque 3209, 2. Red Oak 3179, 3. Mount Pleasant 3134, 4. Denison-Schleswig 3092, 5. Camanche 3089, 6. Waverly-Shell Rock 2922, 7. North Scott 2861, 8. Oelwein 2840, 9. Knoxville 2650, 10. Creston 2536.

Individuals

Taylor Mellott (Red Oak) 265-229-256--750      
Bryce Bartlett (Western Dubuque) 267-206-224--697      
Josh Gotto (Denison-Schleswig) 258-215-211--684      
Dylan Walters (Waverly-Shell Rock) 235-197-222--654      
Daniel Langholz (Denison-Schleswig) 238-207-191--636      
Brian Wade (Red Oak) 188-235-211--634      
DJ Silvestri (Oelwein) 203-243-172--618      
Austin Pruett (Camanche) 258-168-189--615      
Kevin Wesely (Mount Pleasant) 201-244-169--614      
Daniel Ruth (Mount Pleasant) 215-215-155--585      
Philip Keairnes (Denison-Schleswig) 231-192-147--570  

Girls

Team totals

1. Dubuque Wahlert 2914, 2. Newton 2698, 3. West Delaware 2659, 4. Keokuk 2650, 5. Creston 2561, 6. North Scott 2549, 7. Mount Pleasant 2548, 8. Red Oak 2506, 9. Le Mars 2433, 10. Waverly-Shell Rock 2322.

Individuals

Tara Trcka (C.R. Xavier) 236-190-248--674
Kristina Hochrein (Dubuque Wahlert) 232-202-237--671
Taylor Hance (Creston) 232-225-197--654
Tarah DeSotel (West Delaware) 180-234-194--608
Faith Shultz (Camanche) 196-202-175--573
Amanda Francy (Mount Pleasant) 180-212-181--573
Holly Klein (Dubuque Wahlert) 185-206-178--569
Hope Seyb (Keokuk) 204-195-154--553
Carolyn Corson (Waverly-Shell Rock) 227-167-158--552
Noella Van Brogen (Newton) 164-246-141--551